Mumbai: Triad Acquitted in 2010 Arms Instance After 16 -Year Test
A Mumbai magistrate’s court acquitted three individuals on March 10 th, sixteen years after their arrest under the Arms Act. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) detained the trio in 2010 for allegedly possessing prohibited weapons.
- Charged: Nasir Shaikh Ahmad Shaikh, Jubeda Abdul Mansuri, and Ali Hasan Abdullah Qureshi (deceased).
- Seizure: ATS asserted to have actually confiscated a carbine, pistols, and 70 real-time cartridges.
- Acquittal Rationale: The court pointed out an absence of independent witnesses and an invalid prosecution permission.
- ATS Case: At first declared links to gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, yet this was absent in court.